The beat-em-up genre tends to stay in its lane. Its tried-and-true arcade format has rarely been deviated from or added onto. There have been some recent attempts at modernizing the genre such as Xbox Game Studios’ live service brawler Towerborne or the open nature of WayForward’s River City Girls games….
If you can believe it, a second Animal Crossing-like knock-off game has appeared on the PlayStation store recently. Dubbed “Anime Village Online,” the sole screenshot available for the game looks not only heavily inspired by Animal Crossing, but almost like an HD mod for New Horizons. Spotted by Redditor YellowFlower69,…
Switch Online subscribers are in for a treat this month. As announced by Nintendo last night, the Super Nintendo App is going to receive a trio of new games for October 2025. One of those is the western debut of Mario & Wario, the 1993 puzzle game developed by Game…
The beat-em-up genre tends to stay in its lane. Its tried-and-true arcade format has rarely been deviated from or added onto. There have been some recent attempts at modernizing the genre such as Xbox Game Studios’ live service brawler Towerborne or the open nature of WayForward’s River City Girls games….
Just over three weeks ago I began a review-in-progress of Hollow Knight: Silksong after having spent a little under ten hours playing. In the time since I’ve spent over 70 more hours with it, exploring far and wide across Pharloom. I’ve discovered a plethora of hidden areas and collectibles, fought…
Not only is Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds a dark horse rising to take on some massive kart racing competition, it’s more than up to the task. As the first fully cross-platform kart racer (the game is on everything from PlayStation 4 to Switch 2), it takes pole position as the most…
The original Pac-Man World 2 was Pac-Man’s first real jump to moving completely in 3D. Where the original Pac-Man World on PlayStation stuck to a 2D plane that could be navigated between a foreground and background, Pac-Man World 2 adopted a contemporary behind-the-back camera perspective and took Pac-Man to literal…
Over the last five years of video games, I struggle to think of a greater success story than Supergiant Games’ Hades. A shining example of a studio building upward with each of its releases, carrying the best parts and lessons learned from their previous work, it rightfully swept nearly every…
Author’s note: As of September 12th, 2025, the Nintendo Switch version of the game has received a significant performance patch that boosted the performance from a locked 30 fps to an unlocked 60 fps. On Nintendo Switch 2, this change improves the game considerably and the timing window for nailing…
Six and a half years after Hollow Knight: Silksong was announced as a full-fledged follow up to Hollow Knight, it’s finally in our hands. In the time since its announcement, Silksong’s hype and popularity have grown to almost mythical proportions and now that it’s here we have to ask, can…
Over three years since its release, Kirby and the Forgotten Land still stands out as one of the best (and one of my personal favorite) Switch games around. It took the pink puffball in a new direction while expanding to the third dimension, delivering dilapidated environments and the sight of…
The first Daemon X Machina landed on the original Nintendo Switch six years ago, bringing with it fast-paced mech action. The title made a small splash among fans itching for a new mecha-focused action game, but otherwise it came and went without much fanfare. I myself didn’t have any real…
There’s no shortage of choices when it comes to farming sims. Whether you’re after cozy vibes and the slower pace, get a thrill out of managing your homestead efficiently, or find the idea of starting a new life that appealing, the genre is a staple for a reason. Story of…
Note: This review is based on the PlayStation 5 version of the game. The full Nintendo Switch version was not available ahead of release. Should we find any discrepancy in its quality, we will update this review. As someone raised on a Genesis who’s always down to talk…
It’s been roughly 15 years since I last played Madden, about the same amount of time since I last played football in real life, actually. I played football for a big chunk of my youth, and even declined an opportunity to play junior college football to focus on my grades….
